Update: Malaysian jet 'shot down' in Ukraine

The Interfax agency has said a Malaysian passenger jet carrying 295 people has crashed in Ukraine.

Update: Malaysian jet 'shot down' in Ukraine
Thu, 17 Jul, 2014 - 17:32

(People walk amongst the debris at the crash site. Picture: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky )

A Malaysian passenger jet carrying 295 people has crashed in Ukraine, with suggestions that it was shot down.

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